Year in Review Particle Physics

Neutrino discovery launched a new type of astronomy

Scientists trace a mysterious high-energy particle to its distant home

IceCube detector

DEEP DOWN At the IceCube detector at the South Pole, sensors buried below the ice detect neutrinos from a distant source, perhaps a blazar, in this artist’s composition.

IceCube/NSF

By Emily Conover

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